In the final episode of our Facing Race: Stories & Voices podcst, Race Forward Executive Director Rinku Sen, and our founder, and Former Executive Director Gary Delgado share stories of growing up in all-white enclaves on Long Island, and how t

Lutze Segu (@FeministGriote) on twitter activism, and finding your love ethic.

Oct 24th, 2016 5m 37s

In this session, social justice educator Lutze Segu (FeministGriote), and Johnathan Fields discuss the effects of social media on racial justice movements. Lutze speaks about critical self reflection, pointing out how important it is to “compli

Janna Zinzi and Tara Conley on Growing Up in Multiracial Families

Sep 21st, 2016 6m 33s

In this episode, Janna Zinzi tells our Race Forward Senior Research Associate Tara Conley about what it's like to grow up in a multiracial family when one side of that family clings to racist notions of relationship norms. They discuss formativ

Ai-jen Poo and Kai Wright on Race, Gender, and Employment

Sep 2nd, 2016 8m 22s

In this podcast, Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance tells Kai Wright about the ways that women in her family inspired her to fight for the rights of domestic workers–while making space for self care. Ai-jen divulges

Chief Thomas Dardar on surviving "Indian Schools," and keeping traditions alive

Aug 25th, 2016 6m 1s

Former Colorlines staffer Aura Bogado speaks with Chief Thomas Dardar, principal Chief of the United Houma Nation in Louisiana. Chief Dardar speaks on the vital importance of preserving their culture and staying connected to the land, and their

Franchesca Ramsey on how to survive YouTube as a content creator of color

Aug 18th, 2016 8m 11s

Franchesca Ramsey tells our former Race Forward producer Kat Lazo all about the origins of the classic Chescaleigh video "Sh*t White Girls Say," and what she has learned from her work tackling race issues in the treacherous waters of YouTube.

Bishop Tonyia Rawls on working with the Black church for LGBTQ justice.

Aug 12th, 2016 7m 21s

Melinda Weekes-Laidlow, former managing director of Race Forward, speaks to Bishop Tonyia Rawls of the Freedom Center for Social Justice, on how Rawls has found surprising common ground with church leaders in her work on LGBTQ issues.

Larry Fellows III on finding himself, in Ferguson

Aug 7th, 2016 6m 48s

Akiba Solomon talks to Larry Fellows III, a young St. Louis resident who was so affected in the first days after Michael Brown's death in 2014, he left his day job to help build the growing movement in Ferguson and eventually helped found Mille

Jeff Chang on "Who We Be," a conversation about race and culture

Jul 28th, 2016 4m 55s

Author Jeff Chang tells Race Forward's Jay Smooth about his Hawaiian roots, and how reggae and liberation movements for people of color helped shape his sociopolitical views.

Glenn Harris on racial equity, and changing the system from within.

Jul 19th, 2016 6m 33s

Glenn Harris of the Center for Social Inclusion speaks to Race Forward's Terry Kelleher on his family's experience with institutional racism through the Tuskegee Experiment, and how this led to his innovative work for racial equity within the s

Malkia Cyril on media technology, and telling the story of power.

Jul 7th, 2016 8m 8s

In this episode media technologist Deanna Zandt talks to Malkia A. Cyril, founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice. Malkia shares about the inspiration she draws from her mother's work, and her vision of reclaiming media a

Pramila Jayapal on Resilience, Resistance and Making America Home.

Jun 30th, 2016 7m 55s

In this session former Colorlines reporter Carla Murphy interviews Indian-American activist Pramila Jayapal. Pramila talks poignantly about finding her place in the USA as a teenage immigrant from India, and how 9/11 led her to a new career as

Parker T Hurley on queer identity and finding family.

Jun 26th, 2016 4m 31s

This week former Colorlines reporter Jamilah King talks to the queer, black-mixed race, trans-activist Parker T Hurley, about on forging your own path to home and family as a queer person of color.

Linda Sarsour on how Islam feeds social justice

Jun 17th, 2016 8m 3s

In this conversation with former Colorlines staffer Julianne Hing, racial justice and civil rights activist Linda Sarsour tells how her activism is informed by her family and Palestinian roots, and how her Muslim faith resonates in all areas of